UUV / AUV / ROV News

The latest UUV / AUV / ROV news for Autonomous and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. Articles on unmanned submarines, subsea robotics, remotely operated vehicles, product launches and technological advances in UUV design and manufacture

Bluefin Completes Deep-Water Tests of DARPA UUV

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that the company has successfully completed deep-water testing of...

Apr 03, 2013
Bluefin Subsea Lithium Battery Receives Navy Safety Approval

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that the US Navy has...

Apr 02, 2013
Tesla Offshore Selects Bluefin-21 AUV to for Deepwater Surveying

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that Tesla Offshore LLC has...

Mar 27, 2013
OceanWorks Returns VENUS Coastal Network to Operation

OceanWorks International, who specialize in design and manufacture of manned and unmanned subsea systems, has successfully re-deployed the VENUS coastal...

Mar 26, 2013
Kongsberg Maritime to Demonstrate AUV Technology at Ocean Business 2013

Kongsberg Maritime will demonstrate a number of innovative technologies for the subsea & survey industry at Ocean Business in Southampton UK,...

Mar 18, 2013
Hydroid Starts Production of Littoral Battlespace Sensing AUVs for U.S. Navy

Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has announced that its...

Feb 20, 2013
F5 Robotics Develops New Low-Cost HD ROV

F5 Robotics has announced the development of an HD ROV camera, the DiveBot. With full 3 channel control and an...

Feb 19, 2013
ISE To Supply Royal Canadian Navy with Aurora Towfish AUV

International Submarine Engineering Ltd. (ISE) is pleased to announce the award of a contract from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd....

Feb 15, 2013
SMD and SeeByte Successfully Integrate CoPilot into Work-class ROV

Soil Machine Dynamics Limited (SMD), world leading manufacturer of remote intervention equipment, and SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart...

Feb 06, 2013
Fossil Energy-Developed Fuel Cell Technology Adapted for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles

Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology being developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for coal-based central power generation...

Feb 04, 2013
Bluefin to Develop Knifefish UUV Variant for Naval Research Laboratory

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that they will produce a variation of the Knifefish...

Jan 24, 2013
IKM Subsea Awarded 3+2 Year ROV Frame Agreement

IKM Subsea, a supplier of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), have announced the award of a 3+2 year frame agreement by Nexans Norway for...

Jan 23, 2013
Kongsberg Evotec to Supply New ROV Launch and Recovery System to Swire Seabed

Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, will deliver its new mobile Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) for...

Jan 23, 2013
Saab Receives Order for AUV Systems

Defence and security company Saab have signed a contract on delivery of autonomous underwater vehicles systems, AUV62, in training configuration....

Jan 17, 2013
WSU’s AUV with Robotic Gripper Extending Human Reach at Robosub Competition

Washington State University (WSU) students have completed a self-operated robotic submarine which has been entered into the International RoboSub 2012...

Jan 14, 2013
DARPA to Launch Just-in-time Payloads from Bottom of Sea

Today, cost and complexity limit the Navy to fewer weapons systems and platforms, so resources are strained to operate over...

Jan 12, 2013
IKM Subsea Singapore to Provide ROV Services for FPSO Hook-up

IKM Subsea Singapore has been awarded a contract to provide ROV services onboard a Construction Support vessel for a FPSO...

Jan 11, 2013
Bluefin Robotics’ AUV Batteries Power Subsea Industry

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, has announced that as of this...

Jan 10, 2013
New High Durability Cables for Unmanned Submersible Vehicles

Cicoil’s highly flexible flat silicone cables are designed for use on Autonomous Subsea Vehicles that require absolute reliability in Mission...

Jan 02, 2013
Bluefin and Seebyte Collaborate to Provide Enhanced AUV Pipeline Inspections

Bluefin Robotics, the leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) solutions and SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software...

Dec 20, 2012
Kongsberg Maritime Delivers AUV Package to DOF Subsea

Kongsberg Maritime has delivered a cutting-edge AUV package featuring an advanced HUGIN 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and sophisticated multibeam...

Dec 06, 2012
IDEX 2013 Announces Dedicated Unmanned Systems Zone

The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) has announced the introduction of a focused Unmanned Systems Area to be launched...

Nov 27, 2012
U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Selects Alion for Unmanned and Automated Weapon Systems Contract

For the Navy, the development of unmanned and automated weapon systems ranks as a top priority to sustain the country’s...

Nov 15, 2012
Hydroid To Supply Six REMUS AUVs to German Navy

After extensive trials by the German Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons (WTD 71) in Eckernfoerde, the Federal...

Oct 03, 2012
Homeland Security Develop BIOSwimmer™ UUV

No question about it… they’re very good at what they do. But they don’t take well to orders, especially those...

Sep 20, 2012
SeaFox AUV Proves its Effectiveness Performing Unmanned Mine Countermeasure Missions

The SeaFox mine neutralization system, delivered by ATLAS North America (ATLAS NA), a subsidiary of the German-based ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH,...

Sep 10, 2012
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